he still confronted history. when i ran in 84, the idea met resistance. like, are you serious? you know a black can t run. jackson won more than 3 million votes in that election. when he ran again in 1988, the barriers began to shake. he won 13 primaries in caucuses and proved an african-american could win white votes. in 2007, senator obama decided to take the leap and run for the white house. when we had a meeting to talk through whether he should run, and michelle said to him, what do you think you can contribute that no one else can contribute? and he said, there are two things i know for sure. the day i get elected, i think the world will look at us differently. and i think millions of young people across this country will look at themselves differently. he always said that he didn t think that the outcome of the race would depend upon the color of his skin. he thought that the american people would make their decision
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